There is no shortage of life to live on any trip to the entertainment capital of the world but what about those Las Vegas golf courses? Where do you begin? Many people travel to Vegas for the casinos and the restaurants, some come for the shows and the concerts, while others are here…
CLICK FOR MOREIt was the music, that damn music that saunters into the living room each April, coercing me into four days of couch-surfing. Golfers around the world know the tune and I can vividly recall the first time I heard it, thinking it was the most ridiculous and pretentious piece of music, perfectly suited…
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St. George in Utah is one of the most densely populated golf destinations in the entire United States. It boasts…
The scale - both in terms of size and ambition - of PGA Frisco is jaw-dropping and from the moment…
Bobby Jones hit the nail on the head when he said of Sunningdale Old Course, “I wish I could take…
It’s early on a crisp spring morning and my eyes are sweeping across Mount Juliet golf course taking it all in – it’s hard to imagine a more tranquil, elegant place to spend time. From the moment you drive through the gates of this sprawling country estate in County Kilkenny, Ireland, there is…
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Hebden Bridge Golf Club is a place wonderfully untroubled by the march of time. Golf, at times, feels barely recognisable:…
Ganton Golf Club is a truly extraordinary place. There is a stillness to it, a timeless elegance. It’s as if…
The Causeway Coast and Glens is a place of incredible beauty and adventure but it’s also one of the best…
In 2023, Italy will host its first Ryder Cup. The Marco Simone Golf Club, just outside Rome, is staging the biennial contest between Europe and the United States, and while most fans will base themselves in the Eternal City for the contest, those looking to lengthen their trip would do well to consider…
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There are no ocean views, towering dunes, sheer cliffs or plunging valleys and yet, Pine Valley Golf Club in the…
In these parts, the story goes that during the 1950s Huddersfield was home to the highest number of Rolls-Royces per…
Since its grand reveal, Tara Iti Golf Club has occupied a place in the hearts and minds of golfers across…
In my head the atmospheric Old Course was going to be lit up by autumnal sunshine, showing off the home of golf in all its picture postcard perfection. In reality, the stoating rain that had threatened to derail my morning round at the Crail Golfing Society, had followed us up the Fife coast.…
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Fyfe Golf unashamedly celebrate Scotland’s rich and storied manufacturing heritage. Their beautiful, handmade products and accessories already grace golf bags…
I’m standing on the 1st tee at one of Scotland’s great courses and for the first time in my life…
As you walk off the last green of what is, to some, the oldest golf course in the world, it’s…
It’s no surprise to find the Scots have more than 100 words for rain – several sprang immediately to mind as I arrived at Crail Golfing Society, the seventh oldest club on the planet. It was a dreich morning, the darkest and dankest of starts to an autumnal day at the easternmost point…
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The North Coast 500 explores some of the most beautiful wilderness on earth. The Wandering Golfers look at some of…
The views across St Patrick’s Links to Sheephaven Bay would’ve been enough to take my breath away if the wind…
It was 3 in the morning and I was running towards the 1st tee of the Old Course, St Andrews.…
It would be understandable if Dundonald Links felt just a little threatened by Ayrshire’s embarrassment of golfing riches. After all it sits within minutes of storied Open venues such as Royal Troon and Prestwick Golf Club. Another, Turnberry, is 30 minutes down the coast. Wonderful Western Gailes is within a wedge. Barassie, Glasgow…
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Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort, in County Donegal, Ireland, has announced the launch of a new event for 2024, offering…
The view from our balcony at the sumptuous Links House Dornoch is one you could never grow tired of. A…
Sean Connery stands in front of me having just emerged from his dressing room at Pinewood Studios after a heated…
Our adventure to the Inner Hebrides had to begin by road and involve taking to the water. Like real travellers. In my mind, it was the only way to prepare ourselves for our time on Islay. Yes, you can board a tiny flight from Glasgow and be preparing yourself to land just almost…
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A day or two at The Machrie Hotel is all it takes to understand why so many who visit Islay…
You can’t visit Islay or write about this island without mentioning the peat. In days gone by it was the…
We have already waxed lyrical about the stupendous golf experience at The Machrie, but that’s only part of what makes…
When you think of the city of Liverpool, golf doesn’t immediately spring to mind. This, after all, is a city which lives and breathes football. It’s a city that is known across the world for its incredible music scene and it's a city with a rich, maritime history. But perhaps what golf is…
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There is an inescapable sense of class about everything at Formby Golf Club. You feel it from the moment you…
If Scotland is the home of golf, Ireland the luxury holiday villa you can’t wait to go back to, what…
I fell in love with Royal Liverpool Golf Club the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. I…
If Scotland is the home of golf, Ireland the luxury holiday villa you can’t wait to go back to, what of England? Scotland and Ireland are quite rightly lauded as mythical golf destinations the world over – St Andrews, Ballybunion, Royal Dornoch, Lahinch – the names trip off the tongue. But a new…
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Alwoodley Golf Club is a place where loyalty is par for the course. Ever since the great Dr Alister MacKenzie…
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I remember the moment I realised my childhood dream of winning The Open was in tatters – it was all…
St Andrews and Chariots of Fire: the association immediately brings to mind the evocative opening moments of the celebrated Oscar-winning film, a sequence which has long since taken its place in cinematic history. The iconic images of young British athletes striding out across a windswept beach in slow-motion are set to one of…
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The light is fading over Broadwater Lake; the only sounds are the rustle of weeping willows, the flap of a…
Lindrick Golf Club saved the Ryder Cup. By the time 1957 came around, the event was on its knees. The US…
It’s an hour before sunset at The Cliff Hotel, Cardigan and we’re watching a pod of dolphins play in the…
There will always be a special place in my heart for Celtic Manor. It was here that I covered my first and most memorable Ryder Cup for The Times newspaper, where I stood on the 18th green, soaked in champagne, as Team Europe danced with delight after another epic battle against their American…
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Picture yourself amid rolling hills, surrounded by breathtaking views and with a gentle breeze whispering encouragement as you prepare to…
It just doesn’t get much better than a golf trip to Pinehurst. The magic of the place is something we…
In 2023, Italy will host its first Ryder Cup. The Marco Simone Golf Club, just outside Rome, is staging the…
Dublin is one of Europe's most vibrant cities. The stereotypes of Guinness, music and culture are all rich and familiar but it also happens to be the gateway to some of the best links golf courses in Ireland…
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I’m standing on the 1st tee at one of Scotland’s great courses and for the first time in my life…
Doonbeg is a study in contrasts: the rugged and quintessentially Irish beauty of the Clare coastline with the 2006 American-built…
It would be understandable if Dundonald Links felt just a little threatened by Ayrshire’s embarrassment of golfing riches. After all…